The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

mean. His Spanish OF frainch name.
mr. uvvcr whut hit ise' There was ;
keen inquisitiveness in the way in
which the fat old squire leaned over
toward the Major. and in the way the
listeners divided their attention be-
tween watchfulncss directed at the
little struggling moonlit village and
an alert hce,lfulness Of every woE2 Ut
this cOlloquy. n
1--WE h-yurn It more times an Two
gut fingers I'M toes, :" said the Major.
triumphautly. 1.-THE Judge is the man
at could tell you all bout that That
is ef he would. l un'nerstan' at he
boncd Bogus bout Mt once. But the
ole Teller gut so blum mad at nobody
but his weemun folks dast to come
bout i'm, fur uvver 50 long"
'Un whut was the name, Major? Ell
hits the same h-yurn I'd love TO know
ut, 50 I would" said the squire. with
a look that showed plainly that he
would "love" to know it. if he loved
any thing whatever.
They've gut purity quit down there
all NV sudden. Reckon than feller's
uz bout give up ketchun Bogus Luther
wood that away" said the Major. with
provoking GOODNESS, and looking to-
wards the village. 'Shoulln't wonder
cf they give up that plan I'm take the
law fur ut as they'd orter done en- the
first plaist. Squar. The judge tolc UNI
that was the right WY; an eff they'd
wait tell mornun all the men at they
had warnts fur nd give ourselves up
I'm stan thur trilc. But. no sir! Have
UNI they must! Right there! I'm l
guess they've gut enough nv um by this
time"
"Whut was the warnts issued fur.
Major?" asked the squire. gulping
down his disappointment. but not sue
ceeding in concealing it thereby.
"Why fur boss stealun, sir. Hoss
stealun."
"Hoss stealunr' said the squire. in
great disgust. "Thcss common boss
stealun! Well. by gumr' And these
ordinations of wonder and disgust
ran round the whole company. ex-
pressing a sudden and very long fall Of
their previous good opinion Of Bogus
LeatherwoOd.
"Nut common boss stealun. Sguar.
Hit wawnt nuthun less than the Tun-
nyclift bosses that's alleged to = ben
stole. Isay alleged, you rcekle-leck. 1
don't know AS airy boss uz ben stole.
Tn don't know a. they uvver
,cair SIGH boss as the Tunnyclift boss.
But that's whit the Teller at claims
he's the shurf NV Calamus County
where Tunnycliff lives seq about ut.
You're seed i'm. S9uar. At teller at
you un the rest NV urse was inter-
juiced to down at Boguses that day.
He went by the name NV Hunter Smith.
Purity good hunter whurrer he wair
u Smith ur nut" And again the Major
laughed in a way to indicate that this
was one of his best extemporaneous
jokes. And rs it was fully within the
comprehension of his audience. it sue.
ceeded. fatteringly. But Squire
Goings could not so easily give up
the pursuit of the former and rightful
name of Bogus Leatherwocd.
Major. TIL tell you whit 1 under.
stand rs Lutherwood's right name.
An eff Tn right you kin nod yer head"
The Major nodded his head signif-
cantlv in the acknowledgment of the
fairness of this proposition and his
complete acquiescence in it.
Then in the loud wheeze of the
corpulent whisperer. the squire blew.
rather than breathed. into the
expectant ear of the Major
name that 1 caught very clearly. A
name that l had heard something OF
before. But what was it that l had
heard. and when and where was it.
However. the Major nodded again and
again.
"Come upstairs. Jim. They's one a
the winders in my room swhur we kin
see the town. plain. We kin watch
UNI thrum up there" said Fan, who
had kept her hold upon my arm and
stood at my side all this time. As we
went into the house, she continued.
without looking at me-in fact visib,y
keeping her face away:
II knowed they was go-un to COM
mence talkun about Judge Barks TN
Polly. And lowed you wouldn't want
to h-yur UNI. So I thought I'd thess
breng you up stairs. They haiEt no
body up h-yur but passed. a gyr-.s. un
they wont say nuthun out tbs way
nohow."
The delicate sOlicitude for me. and
the prompt execution Of plan to save
me pain and annoyance and humilia-
ton impressed ME very much ut the
time. In the desolation Of my loss /
turned to this devoted friendship of
the despiscd girl with a feeling Of
gratefulness that had never made it
self felt in response to the numberless
acts of avowed devotion on the part of
Fan. l seemed to arouse. in refer
cnce to her. as if she had appeared be-
fore me for the first time. As if here
tofore 1 had known her by vague and
derisive report; and How she was be-
fore me for the frs. time!
The room into which we went had a
window unusually large for those prim-
tive structures and stinted days.
There was crowd of girls and wom-
en- about that. and the other two win
dows-looking at the town from those
that afforded Il view of it, and looking
at the crowds of people below. from